{"id":5468,"date":"2019-11-10T17:11:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T17:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.ingenie.com\/young-drivers-guide\/?p=5765"},"modified":"2019-11-12T10:01:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T10:01:43","slug":"how-to-check-your-windscreen-washer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ingenie.com\/young-drivers-guide\/how-to-check-your-windscreen-washer","title":{"rendered":"How to check your windscreen washer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dust, mud, tree gunk, bird poop - windscreen washer is there for you, whatever the mess.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Being able to see is sort of important for moving forward without crashing, so here's how to make sure you're good to go.<\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/220326516\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3>Here's the steps:<\/h3>\r\n<p>Just before you start choose the washer fluid you want - you can buy it ready to go or you can buy it in concentrate, which means mixing it with water.<\/p>\r\n\t\r\n<p>Check your owner's manual for how much fluid your washer reservoir holds - it's usually 2 litres but you don't want to overfill<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n\t\t<li>Make sure your engine's cold and you're parked on level ground. 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